Familiarity with shipboard and marine accident cases
(slips, bunk and ladder falls, hands in hardware, exhaust header contact, embarking and
debarking, fueling fire, powerline contacts) and familiarity with boating facilities and
equipment. This includes land-based facilities for shipping operations, piers,
wharves, and docks, as well as terminals for cargo handling and machinery
maitnenance.

Interest in boats dates
back farther than watching dragboat races in high school. Since 1973, member of the
U.S. Power Squadrons, a safety oriented boating
association. Prior member of the American Boat and Yacht Council. Marine activities
(sailing, diving and fishing) put me aboard boats frequently.

I am a life fellow of the
International Oceanographic Foundation, and I have done college-level marine
science research at
the University of the Pacific's Pacific Marine Station at Dillon Beach, CA.
This includes some lab work aboard the Bios Pacifica (below).

Pacific's marine
research vessel, Bios Pacifica

Dr. Gary J. Brusca, one of my professors
at PMS passed on in 2000. Dr. Brusca remains one of the foremost experts
on marine invertebrates and the marine ecosystems of Northern California.
He authored a number of definitive books on the subject. He finished his
career in the oceanography department at Humboldt State.

A working familiarity
with USL&H Act and Jones Act safety issues, requirements and regulations
makes my services of particular value for shipboard accident work as well as
work involving dock workers and other marine service trades.

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